Canada forms Royal Canadian Naval Air Service for coast defence
Canada establishes the Royal Canadian Naval Air Service to defend Atlantic coasts. It aligns with the Royal Navy and U S government, staffing from Cadets to senior officers, training in the United States and England, and a focus on anti submarine patrols and convoy escort.
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C. C. Ballantyne
Naval Services
Canada
Royal Caan Naval Air Service
R.C.N
Admiralty
Barron
United States
Lieut. Johnson
U.S.N
Air Minister
Admiral Kingsmill
Royal Canadian Naval Air Service
R.N.A.S
R.A.F
Royal Naval Air Service
England
Internal Combustion Engineers
Canada Adopts the War Loaf Policy and Wheat Substitutes
The Canada food board adopts the allied loaf policy, requiring 20 percent substitutes with wheat flour. An official memorandum notes government approval and urges household use of substitutes to conserve flour and wheat for next year’s potential shortages.
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Canada
Canada Food Board
Allied Food Controllers
Europe
United States
Navy Transport Record Shows 20 Million Allied Shipments
The piece notes the Royal Navy solidified as a decisive factor, protecting sea routes to transport 20,000,000 Allied personnel and 110,000,000 tons of stores from war declaration to June 30. It cites submarine warfare, growth of naval personnel from 146,000 to about 400,000, and minimal losses despite enemy action through 1918.
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Firth of Forth
Allied Advancing Front Sees Mixed War Outlook
Analysis notes Allied gains over six months with 200000 men and 2000 cannon seized while German resolve frays. It warns of fortified zones and possible slow, wearying struggle ahead though a sudden German collapse remains possible as propaganda and morale falter.
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Conlinasd
Piaye- Inne
Russia
Macedonia
Palestine
Theo
Nauen
St. Mihiel
Five Subs a Month Loss Cited by German Admiralty Captain
Captain von Mantey told a Dort mund German navy league meeting that about five submarines and 125 officers and men are lost monthly. He said it mattered little if tonnage sunk declines as Scheer and Hindenburg will still strike. He claimed no fear of America and said England’s fate depended on U boats, noting enemy ships used for transport are hard to torpedo. He warned Germany must be cautious if its fleet is lost.
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Militia Department
U.S.A
R.A.F
R.N.A.S
von Mantey
Dortmund
Scheer
Hindenburg
America
Germany
England
Europe
Cologne Gazette
Goliaths
Davids
Mont Blanc
Mont Blancs
Old England
Berlin
Roman Empire
Britain
Philip of Spain
Louis the Great
France
Napoleon
Kipling
Great Britain
British Isles
Flanders
Hindenburg Line
Belgium
Lord Northcliffe
Western Front
Suez
Pacific
Russia
Dardanelles
Tigris
Saloniki
Adriatic
Africa
A.R.C
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Government ads urge support for war economies in papers
Amid wartime gloom, German readers are urged through government advertisements to aid the agricultural and munition sectors. The notices emphasize workers in these fields need clothing and basic sustenance to prevent starvation and freezing, urging continued labor support.
China to Start Seat Factory Marking Industrial Growth
A new seat factory with a production of one hundred gross begins in Shan China, signaling the start of a domestic industry. The venture compares favorably with former foreign makes from and Austria and may in time reduce imports.
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China
Austria
Greater Part of Wheat Is Grading No 1 This Year
Experts say Western Canada will produce more No 1 Northern wheat than ever. Winnipeg Grain Exchange samples match or exceed past years in quality. Most arriving wheat cars grade No 1 due to ideal weather and lack of heavy rains since cutting. Several high grade flax samples also noted. Manitoba flax largely grown for Britain from Siberian seed.
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Canada
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Manitoba
Siberia
Eighty Canadians Blinded in War
Sir James Lougheed announces Captain E A Baker, a former Military Cross recipient whose sight was lost in France, is appointed to the department of soldiers' civil re-establishment vocational staff to aid blinded soldiers. Baker, an electrical engineer, will help organize training at St Dunstan's in London for returning Canadians.
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Department of Soldiers
Ottawa
James Lougheed
E. A. Baker
France
Baker
Queen's
Flanders
St. Dunstan's Hospital
London
Gland
Hydro-Electric Power Commission
Toronto
War Department
St. Dunstan’s
Canada
England
Move Big Bridge On Car Trucks
A 4000 ton railway bridge spanning the Missouri River at St Joseph Missouri was moved 136 feet using hydraulic jacks on car trucks. The operation, to allow a longer span, interrupted traffic for nine hours and fifteen minutes and took thirteen minutes of actual moving.
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Popular Mechanics
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Ciee
Frenzied Physician Not France
A patient recalls an odd medical consultation in Boston. The doctor urged warmth, yet the motive was to collect a bill, revealing a comic miscommunication rather than a medical crisis.
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France
Boston Transcript
Doom of Germany Sealed by Britain's War Entry
A.R.C. argues Britain’s entry sealed Germany’s fate, detailing how Britain mobilized vast forces, supported France and the Allies, and endured casualties. The piece credits British endurance, naval prowess, and empire-wide efforts from Suez to Vladivostok, framing victory as inevitable.
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Germany
Britain
Origin of Bolshevik name explained by Russian doctor
A Russian doctor assigns the origin of the term Bolshevik to the 1903 Russian Social Democratic party meeting. A vote created a majority labeled Bolsheviks and a minority called Mensheviks, naming the factions from the words meaning majority and minority.
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Russian
Social Democratic Party
Menchiistvo
Bolsheviks
Mencheviks
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